What I Like About Google Chrome

Filed under: software - 04 Sep 2008 1:49

There are a ton of blog posts about what’s cool about Google Chrome. I suppose this is one of a zillion, but I’ll mention a couple of observations.

I like the fact that tabs are, in theory, separate from each other and won’t crash the whole browser. I did have a Flash widget misbehave and not allow me to kill the tab. I had to kill the entire browser to get the tab to go away! However, I have yet to get a tab to crash! The increased speed on some pages is quite nice as well.

Meanwhile, this little jem I discovered on my own has sold me on Google Chrome:

That isn’t to say I won’t use Firefox or IE again. However, they won’t be my first choice. I just wish they had Google Chrome for the Mac already.

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Comment by Serko

Safari has offered that exact same feature for over a year now! Chrome allows you to drag the Window back in as a Tab though which is something that Safari doesn’t currently handle as elegantly.
Comment by PhoneBoy

I didn’t realize that was a feature of Safari. However, Safari on the Mac doesn’t allow you to drag it off like Chrome does.
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Comment by spg

i have been using chrome and like it a lot. one feature i would really like to see is the ability to have pre-specified pages to open in IE instead. than if for example i go to earthcaller to make a phone call and have pre-programed the page to open with IE. an IE windows pops open and so that the active-x functions properly.

the one thing keeping me from using chrome a lot more is that i tend to use linux distros for nearly everything these days. when i do boot into windows and use a browser it is increasingly for a task that only works with IE. hopefully a linux version(and mac version) is not long in coming.
Comment by PhoneBoy

I wonder how well Chrome would work in Wine?
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I love Google chrome. The separate tabs things is pretty awesome. It’s like something out of Web 3.0. I’m excited what they’ll put in the final release. Just hope it isn’t as slow in development as Google Mail which has been in beta since 2004.